How to Record Your iPhone Screen With Your Face Visible — PIPCam Does It in Seconds
If you make tutorials, app demos, or reaction videos on your phone — you know the struggle: you want people to see both your screen and your face. On a computer, it takes five clicks. On iPhone, until now, there was no good way to do it.
→ PIPCam — Download on the App Store
What Is PIPCam and Why Does It Exist
PIPCam is arguably the only app on iPhone that does one specific thing perfectly: it shows your camera in a floating Picture-in-Picture window while you record your screen.
- Open PIPCam
- Start Picture in Picture right inside the app
- Swipe away and start Screen Recording from Control Center
- That's it — your face stays in the corner while you show whatever you need to show
No complicated setup, no editing, no green screen. One tap and you're on camera.
Who Actually Needs This
Content creators. If you make app tutorials, walkthroughs, or explainer videos — PIPCam puts your face in the frame without a second device or hours of editing.
Developers and designers. Want to record a demo for a client or your team? Add yourself to the frame and it instantly feels like a real presentation, not just a screen capture.
Teachers and coaches. Video explanations with your face on screen land so much better than a screen recording with voiceover alone.
Anyone making reaction videos. Watching something on screen and want your reaction visible? That's exactly what PIPCam is built for.
What the App Can Do
- 📷 Live camera preview — front or back camera, switch with one tap
- 🪟 Picture-in-Picture overlay — your camera stays on top of any other app
- ↔️ Adjustable preview aspect ratio — portrait, landscape, or square
- 🔲 Clean, native iPhone interface — nothing extra, just what you need
It's also great for anyone who just wants a live mirror on screen — handy for checking how you look while doing something else on your phone.
Why This Matters Right Now
Short-form video from smartphones is a whole industry now. People are making tutorials on TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Reels, sending walkthroughs on Slack and iMessage. And yet most still either record the screen without their face, or go through the pain of merging two separate recordings in post.
PIPCam removes that friction entirely. The app is so straightforward there's nothing to explain — open it, go to PIP, start recording.